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OK. This is merely a peeve. Sorry.
There I was, innocently referring back to an old CNBC article that someone linked me to, and this is what I read (N.B. past tense of read, sounds like red):
“It has lead [emphasis mine] to an atomization of order books. The average trade size now is £3,000 ($4,500). Ten years ago it was about £40,000,†Humphries said.
My guess is that the author has mistaken lead / led by analogy with read / read, and in confusion with the metal lead. But a high-profile news source such as CNBC? Really?
I don't know. Maybe it really did have lead. 
Seriously, that would irk me, too. On a similar vein, I heard an article on the news last night about avoiding spam. It mentioned that poor spelling is one of the give-away and that you shouldn't trust any formal-looking documents if they have poor spelling. I had to smile to myself, because a recent document from Wells Fargo, pertaining to my home mortgage, has two spelling errors in it. Can't recall one of them, but the other was, "This is to notify you that you loan has been..."
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